Nicknames Are A Fun Way to Relive the Times of Your Life

A part of your legacy, there’s a story behind each one

The best Susie picture in my collection. Photo by unknown family member.

In the beginning, everyone called me Susie, because who calls an infant Susan? It fit and stuck, throughout my childhood.

It suited my campy, playful nature, and it sounded sweetly soothing, when pronounced with a slight question at the end, like when…